01 June 2007

Serial failure

I think we all know by now that the American health care system is holy mess that is in perhaps terminal decline. The possible exceptions to this are a) George Bush and b) the executives of the health insurance, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Do we need more evidence? Well even if not I have some anyway.

New research out of the United States tells us that fully 25% of those with HIV infection in the US are unaware of their status and that at least 30% are not receiving any care.

Anyone want to participate in a sweepstakes to predict in what year Cuban life expectancy will exceed that of the US? As they say “better dead than red”!

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